US Patent Issued to Boston Scientific Scimed on Dec. 30 for "Medical systems, devices, and related methods" (Massachusetts Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Dec. 31 -- United States Patent no. 12,508,040, issued on Dec. 30, was assigned to Boston Scientific Scimed Inc. (Maple Grove, Minn.).

"Medical systems, devices, and related methods" was invented by Nathan T. Cummings (Worcester, Mass.), Judith B. Frontin (Somerville, Mass.) and Jared Robertson (Boston).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A medical device may include a first body having a lumen and a central longitudinal axis; a second body positioned at least partially within the lumen of the first body; and an arm assembly. The arm assembly may include a first arm coupled to the first body and extending distal to the first body; and a second arm coupled to the second body and ext...